Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Friday accused Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal of adopting ‘double standard’ on the performance of NDA Government. At the same time, the party questioned Badal’s spending lakhs of rupees to give widespread advertisements in support of Modi.
AAP MP and Campaign Committee chairman Bhagwant Mann said: “On one hand, Badal criticised Modi for inadequate hike in the minimum support price (MSP) of paddy, but on the other hand, gives advertisements to highlight achievements of NDA Government…It is all being done to save the Cabinet berth of his daughter-in-law Harsimrat Kaur Badal.”
Mann dared Badal to snap political ties with the NDA and Harsimrat Badal should resign from the Modi’s cabinet if Badal is really a well-wisher of farmers. “Where are the truck-loaded with money for Punjab sent by Modi, which Badal announced in the poll campaign for lok SabhaIJ” Mann quipped.
Terming the meagre hike in MSP as a ‘cruel joke’ with the farmers, who were already under heavy debt and forced to take the extreme step of suicides, Mann said that steep hike in the prices of petrol and diesel was just like rubbing salt on the wounds of farmers.
He demanded immediate roll back of the hike in petroleum products and adequate hike in the MSP of paddy.
AAP MP said that before 2014 lok Sabha polls, Modi assured of the implementation of the Swaminathan’s report which recommended the linking of MSP with price index, but like other promises, Modi failed to make his words on this too, which ultimately proved as “chunavi jumla”.
“Where are achche dinIJ Is steep hike in prices of every commodity is an indication of achche dinIJ” Mann quipped adding that yes, there was development in the country, but only for corporate giants like Ambanis and Adanis.
“Actually achche din are only for corporate houses, who were not only given subsidies but their corporate loans were also waived by Modi on one pretext or another,” Mann said claiming that the plight of farmers has worsen during Modi’s rule.